Back to Alaska
Made it back to Lake Clark in Alaska for some more bear photography this year with Marc and bear guide extraordinaire, David Rasmus. Had a great time to say the least.
Last year was spent following Crimp and her cub around. This year, we saw Crimp on our first day and she was mating as she had kicked her cub out a few weeks ago. We did see her 3rd year cub and he pretty much looks the same, just larger. He was hanging out with Old Sow’s 3 year old cub on one of the days.
On this trip, we spent more quality time with the bears digging up clams on the mudflats, which I loved. Being able to get full framed shots like this still blows my mind. This bear is displaying an interesting behavior using the top of her paw for a table to eat the clam, which I don’t recall seeing last year. They have amazing dexterity with their claws and use them like fingers to pry apart the clams.
1/1600 @ F11, ISO 6400, evaluative metering, R3+500F4 on Skimmer ground pod, uncropped
Tim Timmis Photography 
So glad my clams come in a basket with ff and cole slaw!!! Great photo, Tim!! Happy you had an enjoyable return to see the bears and their activities. Thanks for this share🐻❄️🐻
June 21, 2022 at 3:47 pm
Thank you very much Diane! It was another amazing trip that I’ll end up doing again one of these years.
June 22, 2022 at 6:35 pm